Story+2009-10-03+East+Rutherford,+NJ

“Good evening, New Jersey (crowd cheers) alright…since you come out to help us shut this old lady down (crowd cheers) are you ready for the wrecking ball? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “Wrecking Ball”**

“Woo! (crowd cheers) we’re just getting started (crowd cheers) good evening, New Jersey (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be here at Giants Stadium tonight (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be home (crowd cheers) now the E Street Band’s been touring and touring and touring and travelling and practising and practising and practising just for this night (crowd cheers) and we plan to live up to our solemn vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) but we’re here not just to rock the house, we’re gonna build a house tonight out of faith and out of love and out of happiness and out of Jersey soul (crowd cheers) and out of music and out of spirit and out of noise…now, Jersey, the mighty E Street Band is here tonight and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you…but we… need…you…to…bring…the…noise! (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“Thank you, thank you, thank you (crowd cheers) when we knew we were coming to close down Giants Stadium, we thought, tried to think of ways we could make these nights special…and so on the first night we played “Born to Run” all the way through (crowd cheers) last night we played “Darkness on the Edge of Town” all the way through (crowd cheers) tonight this is “Born in the U.S.A” (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “Born in the U.S.A”**

“Thank you (crowd cheers) come on, boys…yeah…these are the guys that made the record (crowd cheers) and Phantom Dan Federici (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “The Promised Land” (following “My Hometown”)**

“Play it, Steve, let me see what they got out there…come on…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “Raise Your Hand”**

“Let’s try it…”Kitty’s Back”…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “Kitty's Back”**

“Thank you for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers)… (…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Curt Ramm and Jeremy Chatzky from the Seeger Sessions Band (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the unstoppable Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) the brilliant Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) the Italian, Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) the beautiful Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) saxophonist…sexual adventurer (crowd cheers) libertine…poet…and author…and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers)…coming to a Borders near you…watchout…Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) Jersey! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shaking…earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band” and fireworks go off)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “American Land”**

“Alright, let’s hear you, Jersey, I’m waitin’ (crowd sings the chorus) hey, kids (some kid sings the chorus twice)(crowd cheers) …”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, middle of “Waitin' on a Sunny Day”**

“Thank you (crowd cheers) what a great night (crowd cheers) a fabulous audience (crowd cheers) we’ve had our first three nights here were just fantastic, people thank all your friends, thank you so much for coming out and being here with us, this is our home, it feels so great to come back here and be received like this, thank you for your support and love for our music over all these years, we love you, we got one more for you (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.10.09 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to “Thunder Road”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//